THE murder of four young University of Idaho students in their off campus home has stunned the small of Moscow. Madison Mogan, 21, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20, were all found dead in the rented house on Sunday afternoon.
Instagram/kayleegoncalvesEthan Chapin, 20, Madison Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Kaylee Goncalves, 21, posted a picture together the day before they died in a suspected homicide '/ '
Derek Shook for Fox News DigitalPolice said there was ...blood everywhere' at the scene '/ ' They each suffered stab wounds and were thought to have bled out in what one police source said was the ...worst crime scene ever.... Cops continue to hunt for their killer \- or killers \- on Thursday. They were on Wednesday forced to walk back on a previous statement that there was no threat to the public. Since then, a number of troubling details and questions have emerged regarding the youngster's final moments and the circumstances surrounding their deaths.
TRAGIC LOSS Everything to know about the four University of Idaho students found dead
DEVASTATING LOSS Idaho students' heartbreaking last pics before 'crime of passion killing' 911 call The victims — all close friends — were found dead Sunday afternoon by police responding to a report of an unconscious person at the home. Officials said they were likely killed several hours earlier. Moscow Police Chief James Fry said would not say who it was that called 911. The call was made around noon, said Fry, hours after the students were believed to have been killed. Students in house But what Fry did confirm is that there were two other people were found alive and unhurt in the large home. Authorities have not described which of the victims lived in the home. Most read in The US Sun SHED THE POUNDS I was world's fattest girl who weighed 420lbs aged 8…now I'm UNRECOGNISABLE SHOCKED SUNNY The View's Sara Haines snaps at Sunny Hostin to 'stop' her behavior DOLLAR SIGNS One-time $600 check sent out in time for Thanksgiving as part of $1b package THERE HE IS! 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But all four victims were stabbed with a knife, the chief reported. Autopsies were performed Wednesday in nearby Spokane, Washington, and Idaho State Police and the FBI were also working the case, Fry said. Suspect Police in the college town said on Wednesday that they have not identified a suspect. Another eerie knife attack was reported at the university in September to staff and students. But authorities continue to believe the most recent attack was targeted. They walked back a previous statement that there was no threat to the public. "Investigators are working to follow up on all the leads and identify a person of interest," Police Chief Fry said at a news conference. "We do not have a suspect at this time, and that individual is still out there. We cannot say that there is no threat to the community." "We need to be aware of our surroundings," Fry added. Aubrie Goncalves, Kaylee's sister, posted a message on Instagram urging students to leave. "Your grades are severely less important than your lives. I wish all the students of U of I safety and peace," she wrote. "You guys are not safe until this sicko is found. If the person who did this is capable of killing four innocent people, they are capable of killing more." Motive There was no sign of forced entry, and a door was found open by the first police officers to arrive. There was also no indication that substance use was involved in the deaths, Latah County Coroner Cathy Mabbutt said. Some of the victims' family members have been urging tight-lipped police to release more information about the killings and to reveal why they said there was no ongoing danger. "To whomever is responsible, we will find you. We will never stop. The pain you caused has fueled our hatred and sealed your fate," loved ones said in a tweeted statement. "Justice will be served." Timeline The police department said investigators were working to establish a timeline of the victims' activities before they were killed. That includes reviewing video from a Twitch livestream that showed two of the victims chatting and getting a late night snack from a food truck in the hours before the slayings. "They're in the process of identifying the other people who were there," at the food truck, Latah County Prosecutor Bill Thompson said, "and what sort of contact did they have." A photo, apparently posted hours before they died, showed the four smiling and posing, seemingly carefree, along with two other friends. Chapin had his arm draped over Kernodle's shoulders, and Mogen was perched on Gonclaves' shoulders. "One lucky girl to be surrounded by these people every day," Goncalves wrote. How one person killed 4? Latah County Prosecutor Bill Thompson said he understands that the police claims that the public isn't at imminent risk seems contradictory to the facts that have been released so far about the killings. "Obviously, there's no way police can say that there's no risk, but what they're seeing indicates that there's not a risk that this person will randomly attack people," Thompson said. Read More on The US Sun
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FLOWER POWER Fans think Kim 'sent flowers to herself' to make ex Pete Davidson 'jealous' He noted that it's also not yet clear if it was one attacker or more. "I don't think they're going to foreclose the possibility that it could be one or more people, but right now they don't know who is responsible," Thompson said.
APCops continue to hunt for their killer \- or killers \- on Thursday and were on Wednesday forced to walk back on a previous statement that there was no threat to the public '/ '
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